Chapter 585 Middle Ground Between The Punishments
The atmosphere in the master bedroom grew tense after Gwendolyn said that
“That’s not true! I did not team up with anyone to hurt Cedrick! He’s trying to set me up, Grandpa!” Xander protested stubbornly.
Valentino weakly leaned against the headrest and stared at the facial expressions of those around him.
Having dominated the military and the corporate world during his younger days, Valentino could tell that something was amiss even though his brain worked a little slower due to his illness.
The fact that Gwendolyn said that means she’s involved, so this incident has affected the Harris family as well. Therefore, this is no longer a private affair within the Jenson family.
He turned toward Gwendolyn after a prolonged moment of silence and asked, “If what you said is true, how do you plan on handling this?”
“That depends on whether you plan to resolve this privately or publicly, Grandpa,” Gwendolyn replied with a gentle smile.
Xander’s eyes lit up the moment he heard that.
What? We can resolve this privately? So, Gwendolyn is here to help us out, huh?
His face grew increasingly pale from the pain as he had been kneeling with an injured leg.
Yael quickly stepped forward to hold him steady when he noticed that.
As the Jenson family’s medical corps happened to be present, they were able to help bandage his wound.
After obtaining permission from Valentino, Yael helped Xander over to a chair on the side.
Meanwhile, the discussion continued on at the bedside.
“What does each method entail?” Valentino asked.
“If we handle it publicly, we will let the legal justice system decide on Xander’s punishment according to the evidence that Nico has gathered. Xander pointed a gun at the chief of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and tried to kill him, so you can imagine how severe the consequences would be. He will most likely end up in a high–security prison.
Those words had barely left Gwendolyn’s mouth when Xander protested, “Impossible! There’s no way I’d ever go to a high–security prison!”
Annoyed that Xander still had the audacity to speak. Cedrick ordered coldly, “Do not give him anything for the pain. I want him to learn a lesson.”
“Understood, Mr. Jenson.”
Xander’s face was white as a sheet as sweat poured down his cheeks. “F*ck you, Cedrick! Do you want me to suffer that badly? Argh! It hurts!”
Xander yelped in pain the moment the doctor used an alcohol swab on his wound.
Gwendolyn ignored him and continued, “If we settle this privately, then we will do so according to the
Jenson family’s rules and punish him with the whip.”
“Give Xander ten lashes of the whip, then! I’m sure he won’t dare do something like this again!” Yael said.
Gwendolyn let out a chuckle. “Only ten lashes of the whip? Have you forgotten what Xander tried to do to Grandpa, Uncle Yael? That alone should be worth thirty lashes of the whip. He got me detained by the police because of this, so that’s an additional ten lashes, Lastly, he had the audacity to pull a gun on the head of the family, so that’s another twenty lashes.”
She then held her hands out and pretended to do a little calculation in her head before continuing. “So, that makes a total of sixty lashes of the whip. We will consider this settled privately if Xander is able to withstand this punishment.”
Xander was hurting so much due to the lack of anesthesia that he was in a daze, so he didn’t even hear what they were saying.
“Xander’s body is unwell, to begin with, and he now has a gunshot wound as well. I doubt he can even withstand thirty lashes of the whip, let alone sixty! Are you trying to get him killed?” Yael protested.
“He was going to punish Cedrick with eighty lashes of the whip for handing me his money and Jenson Group’s shares. Had I not arrived in time, Cedrick would really have been put through that inhumane punishment. Does that mean you were trying to have him killed, Uncle Yael?” Gwendolyn retorted with a smile.
Yael fell silent for quite some time before replying, “These are two very different scenarios.”
“You’re right, they are indeed different. What Xander did is far worse than what Cedrick did, bu double his punishment or anything. I am simply going by the Jenson family’s rules here,” Gwer
If we settle this publicly, Xander will be sentenced to at least ten years in a high–security prison. If we settle this privately, he will be whipped sixty times in the ancestral hall Either way, Xander will be done for.
What? That means Xander will have to suffer both punishments!
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